Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 183 - Water and Soil Resources Board
Chapter 8400 - LAND AND WATER TREATMENT PROGRAM
EXCESSIVE SOIL LOSS CONTROL
Part 8400.4030 - PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

Universal Citation: MN Rules 8400.4030

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Subpart 1. General prohibition.

A person may not cause, conduct, contract for, or authorize an activity which causes excessive soil loss.

Subp. 2. Agricultural activity.

A land occupier shall:

A. if engaged in an agricultural use, prevent excessive soil loss and ensure that proper management and conservation practices are being applied to the land;

B. if using wooded or open land for pasture, ensure that proper management is used to prevent excessive soil loss due to overgrazing or cattle paths;

C. if using wooded land for timber harvest, ensure that proper management is used to prevent excessive soil loss; and

D. if a body of water, watercourse, or wetland is located within an agricultural use area, wooded or open land used for pasture, or a wooded area used for timber harvest, ensure that proper management and conservation practices are being applied to the surrounding land.

Subp. 3. Agricultural land occupier.

A land occupier of agricultural land is not violating subparts 1 and 2 if the district report, as developed through part 8400.4040, subpart 3, shows that the existing farming practices and methods being applied are effectively controlling soil loss.

Subp. 4. Development activity.

A person engaged in a development activity that will disturb over one acre of land must submit a sedimentation control plan and time schedule that will prevent excessive soil loss or sediment from damaging adjacent land, bodies of water, watercourses, or wetlands, to the local government for its approval.

Subp. 5. Road construction and maintenance.

A land occupier engaged in federal, state, county, municipal, or township road construction and maintenance is not violating subpart 1 if the road construction and maintenance is designed and installed according to Department of Transportation standard specifications for construction and maintenance.

Statutory Authority: MS s 40.21

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